Population in the Congo compared to Ghana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Ghana: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Ghana	Congo	Ghana
1960	1,056,732	6,961,215	-	-
1961	1,084,389	7,162,667	2.62%	2.89%
1962	1,113,175	7,337,375	2.65%	2.44%
1963	1,143,263	7,514,714	2.7%	2.42%
1964	1,174,816	7,695,739	2.76%	2.41%
1965	1,207,880	7,882,606	2.81%	2.43%
1966	1,242,534	8,074,521	2.87%	2.43%
1967	1,278,691	8,271,913	2.91%	2.44%
1968	1,316,519	8,475,729	2.96%	2.46%
1969	1,356,182	8,690,383	3.01%	2.53%
1970	1,397,638	8,925,813	3.06%	2.71%
1971	1,441,039	9,176,264	3.11%	2.81%
1972	1,486,468	9,438,187	3.15%	2.85%
1973	1,533,680	9,714,617	3.18%	2.93%
1974	1,582,301	10,000,523	3.17%	2.94%
1975	1,627,032	10,294,308	2.83%	2.94%
1976	1,667,225	10,594,913	2.47%	2.92%
1977	1,707,568	10,911,871	2.42%	2.99%
1978	1,748,089	11,248,450	2.37%	3.08%
1979	1,788,524	11,597,255	2.31%	3.1%
1980	1,828,985	11,941,448	2.26%	2.97%
1981	1,869,759	12,281,712	2.23%	2.85%
1982	1,910,430	12,643,819	2.18%	2.95%
1983	1,950,321	13,029,836	2.09%	3.05%
1984	1,999,528	13,370,590	2.52%	2.62%
1985	2,059,311	13,661,229	2.99%	2.17%
1986	2,120,602	13,965,217	2.98%	2.23%
1987	2,183,473	14,289,108	2.96%	2.32%
1988	2,247,653	14,636,568	2.94%	2.43%
1989	2,313,558	15,006,813	2.93%	2.53%
1990	2,380,560	15,394,648	2.9%	2.58%
1991	2,449,229	15,787,496	2.88%	2.55%
1992	2,519,465	16,184,855	2.87%	2.52%
1993	2,595,124	16,589,519	3%	2.5%
1994	2,673,144	16,993,190	3.01%	2.43%
1995	2,749,461	17,399,017	2.85%	2.39%
1996	2,826,785	17,810,181	2.81%	2.36%
1997	2,887,862	18,238,958	2.16%	2.41%
1998	2,952,061	18,688,036	2.22%	2.46%
1999	3,032,874	19,149,864	2.74%	2.47%
2000	3,151,345	19,637,087	3.91%	2.54%
2001	3,272,537	20,167,069	3.85%	2.7%
2002	3,350,771	20,729,388	2.39%	2.79%
2003	3,445,753	21,296,705	2.83%	2.74%
2004	3,565,554	21,868,298	3.48%	2.68%
2005	3,696,393	22,449,438	3.67%	2.66%
2006	3,837,409	23,040,702	3.81%	2.63%
2007	3,980,430	23,642,279	3.73%	2.61%
2008	4,113,517	24,249,946	3.34%	2.57%
2009	4,281,219	24,862,664	4.08%	2.53%
2010	4,462,290	25,474,995	4.23%	2.46%
2011	4,609,724	26,095,088	3.3%	2.43%
2012	4,740,450	26,734,268	2.84%	2.45%
2013	4,857,099	27,386,193	2.46%	2.44%
2014	4,975,880	28,041,592	2.45%	2.39%
2015	5,097,581	28,696,068	2.45%	2.33%
2016	5,222,536	29,356,742	2.45%	2.3%
2017	5,351,011	30,008,354	2.46%	2.22%
2018	5,483,118	30,637,585	2.47%	2.1%
2019	5,616,661	31,258,945	2.44%	2.03%
2020	5,752,791	31,887,809	2.42%	2.01%
2021	5,892,183	32,518,665	2.42%	1.98%
2022	6,035,104	33,149,152	2.43%	1.94%
2023	6,182,885	33,787,914	2.45%	1.93%
2024	6,332,961	34,427,414	2.43%	1.89%
2025	6,484,427	35,064,273	2.39%	1.85%
2026	6,637,777	35,697,555	2.36%	1.81%
2027	6,794,288	36,328,265	2.36%	1.77%
2028	6,953,966	36,959,310	2.35%	1.74%
2029	7,116,456	37,589,709	2.34%	1.71%
2030	7,282,261	38,222,075	2.33%	1.68%
2031	7,452,405	38,856,804	2.34%	1.66%
2032	7,626,474	39,492,788	2.34%	1.64%
2033	7,802,988	40,132,720	2.31%	1.62%
2034	7,981,338	40,774,152	2.29%	1.6%
2035	8,160,723	41,412,555	2.25%	1.57%
2036	8,341,706	42,047,450	2.22%	1.53%
2037	8,524,798	42,682,177	2.19%	1.51%
2038	8,709,719	43,314,971	2.17%	1.48%
2039	8,896,164	43,942,852	2.14%	1.45%
2040	9,083,959	44,568,346	2.11%	1.42%
2041	9,274,654	45,190,628	2.1%	1.4%
2042	9,466,745	45,808,597	2.07%	1.37%
2043	9,658,834	46,421,960	2.03%	1.34%
2044	9,850,493	47,030,351	1.98%	1.31%
2045	10,041,891	47,634,271	1.94%	1.28%
2046	10,234,360	48,231,602	1.92%	1.25%
2047	10,427,899	48,823,456	1.89%	1.23%
2048	10,621,379	49,408,506	1.86%	1.2%
2049	10,813,639	49,984,435	1.81%	1.17%
2050	11,006,454	50,553,041	1.78%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.